Mar 31 How Do Other Countries Afford Universal Health Care? Question: I have heard repeatedly that every major economy, besides the U.S., has universal health care. I have also heard that the Medicare program, which obviously doesn’t cover everyone, is headed for bankruptcy. How do these other countries afford to… Continue reading
Mar 31 Haiti Recovery Effort Boosted by Billions in Pledges at U.N. Conference By Larisa Epatko Representatives of 130 countries met Wednesday in New York to pledge support and funding for Haiti's vast rebuilding effort following its devastating January earthquake. Continue reading
Mar 31 Loans Provide Opportunity for TB Patients in Peru By Talea Miller During Oscar Ccencho Huamani's three-year battle with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, he was forced to quit his job because he was too weak to work. Like so many other recovered TB patients living in Peru, he needed an income desperately to… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch Peru Eyes Innovations in Rural Maternity Health As part of his continuing series on Peru, Ray Suarez reports on how government strategies to reduce deaths from childbirth among indigenous women who live far from health services could also help women in other Latin American countries. Continue watching
Mar 30 Politico: Obama's Post-Reform Poll Bump Appears Fleeting By Hari Sreenivasan Now that President Obama has shepherded historic health care reform legislation into law, will that translate into a higher approval rating? Politico reporter Josh Gerstein spoke with us about what the health care victory may or may not do for… Continue reading
Mar 30 Obama Signs Health Care, Student Loan Changes Into Law President Obama on Tuesday signed into law the final piece of health care reform legislation -- a bill that also included a package of reforms to the student financial aid lending system. The president signed the… Continue reading
Mar 30 Tuesday: Obama to Sign Overhaul to Health Care, Student Loan Systems By Jason Breslow President Barack Obama will cap the overhaul to health care on Tuesday when he travels from the White House to a local community college to sign the package of "fixes" to the legislation passed by Congress last week. While… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch New Law Changes Student Loan Landscape President Obama enacted a sweeping remake of the student lending market by signing the final piece of the health care overhaul into law. Jeffrey Brown talks to a higher education reporter about how the new law will impact college students… Continue watching
Mar 29 Sebelius Seeks to Quell Debate on Health Coverage for Children Providing coverage to children with pre-existing conditions is a cornerstone of the new health law, and central to President Obama's argument for reform. But on Sunday, The New York Times reported that insurance companies may have found loopholes… Continue reading
Mar 29 In Peru, Life for the Life-Givers By Ray Suarez When you're in a four-wheel drive vehicle threading its way through rocky mountain passes in the Andes, it's hard to imagine getting around any other way. But people do. Our driver slows on a narrow curve to make way for… Continue reading